OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Crop irrigation
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DNA fingerprinting
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Gentically modified crops
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Crop rotation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agricultural biotechnology has been used to protect crops from devastating diseases. The papaya ringspot virus threatened to derail the Hawaiian papaya industry until papayas resistant to the disease were developed through genetic engineering. This saved the U.S. papaya industry.
Detailed explanation-2: -A GMO (genetically modified organism) is a plant, animal, or microorganism that has had its genetic material (DNA) changed using technology that generally involves the specific modification of DNA, including the transfer of specific DNA from one organism to another.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, four crops continue to dominate virtually all major genetically modified production: soybean (51 percent), corn (31 percent), cotton (13 percent) and canola (5 percent).